28 MARCH 1', I , 32. ( IL "fJ2" ,, HE 1HEATItE , .? f4 # - $, O ! ._ ': ""'L'" MOR.E OF THE SAME apprecIatIon coming on in the face of the blue hallet at the beginning of the second act of "Hot-Cha!" and, if Mr. Ziegfeld will let me in, hope to see it again. I gather from the program that Mr. Bobby Connolly was respon- sible for its organization and Mr. Charles Le Maire for the costumes. And I suppose that Mr. Urban was responsible for the large purple cloud on the backdrop, which took its part very well, too. Then there is a tango executed by Veloz and Yolanda. I had hoped to finish the year out without recom- mending a tango, or even looking at one, and I don't know what has come over me that I feel impelled to recom- mend this. But somehow Veloz seems to let Yolanda down with such grace and at such impossible angles that it becomes more than a tango and enters the realm of solo flying. Not since 1\'1oss and Fontana have I seen a lady lllake a three-point landing so easily. Let us hope that this is the last time we shall have to mention tangos here. And let us hope also that this is the last time that we shall have to W Eare hearing once again that when a producer has gone and spent a lot of money on a show it isn't very nice to have some sniper from the Press come along and "imperil his investment." Passing over the obvious, and probably inadequate, retort, let us hasten to make obeisances to Mr. Ziegfeld for all the money he has invested in "Hot-Cha!" When it was a question of buying things for money, such as silks and satins and scenery, he has emerged covered with glory-an d bills. I t is in those im- ponderahle elements which do not seem to be for sale in the open mar- ket, such as humor, good taste, and imagination, that "Hot-Cha! " falls down. And, along toward the end, it falls down with a particularly sick- ening thud, especially on the good- taste side. If you or your partner are at all squeamish, it would be well to duck out before the big bullfight scene. That's all I can tell you right now. It would be a shame to miss some of the show, especially the ballet to the number, "There I Go Dreaming A " " Y " " R " R " " I gaIn. ears ago, In 10 Ita, think, there was a moonlight ballet which went on at ten minutes past ten which I found myself dropping in to watch many times during the run, moved by some unwonted craving for sheer Beauty (I have my softer side, too) which, had it been cultivated, might have made me one of the world's great dreamers. I feel an- other such renaissance of aesthetic '\\ \ ij \\\ l1li1\11 \, \\\\\ (l' 4ú J /I/lJum ll' . - //III/I/lfll/' 1/ i1j/Jlfl/ Jt JJI/J. Jø;l r/II_ ,fIIl/#I' ----__ _. . / : 8 íf tl ( I }l O tic Î\ - Ak"I. j (f tï-iJ-'t 1" to c- \ß.L.J- c V \l-/ " \ \ - \ " '\\\ \\ )\\ )J 1?- .:? . w-... 11 :J: .JIP\T J . \: . '-' -ç . " 7fÇW .... JI ,1è ,Jj _ .. '>" jl ,.,__ . !II r< I, -:" . ' Jh ,,::Hmk."C T.L I. ") '.. ï \ } 1 p-. r J f:I1-j r'íf :t _ .r:.: l' l. " ,,' 'é'È 1) ,,>i;1r. -;- ;,1 :.-. ! .. __. . f ..........: ."(;;. ,r! ,:' '. fEaJ' _ "JJ.. hL:' ''Z. i$..-z.--tr \_ ..JJ...tJ r:- "þ(. __ If 1 ___ ."- \ ;, : . . " '1 '3..: ".....r , 'Wr\. "' /" ,'!:Ufil !!!t:j J J;: P:( / " ., - ',H ' · J Wj J .If r :"' I IIIII }III . 1 II:Y - IL: ". J - _ I' 1>fl P' . , . $i III (Y . =--.:c- .--:: If JJ, . ,::- 4fl;,jì .1" '1: _-C"-- J)" f..,.-i: - : ! ;J/t.; .J-. _-/" = - s I = ,;-, ..'\.... ""'-,Y"' . _ _ _ . F ':';j !, ".. <-, - . oa- . "' 1 . . 1 .fl _,,"1i^i '''' - 'J. . . =-r= - - " ìií 1 - i; !l I. f - i;Jk ,.IJ "" . / - 44 m. :ßJ. (.iIIII ./ - = I f/I . : : r i " 1 =; í 8; . -_--i . ;,!hj ; J >';;'OR 1 oh,,,::, =ø1. --' ) _. .ÆEJÆ 1' "j - rl :j QQ :Þ / I !i r LJ l L i> ...., \ I \ \ . 0 Q 0 - "FACE THE MUSIC" Katherine Carrington, Andrew Tombes, Mary Boland, and Hugh O'Connell 'tn their varied activities in the good work of kidding the Depression and the Despoilers at the New Amsterdam.